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Flatbush Charmer With Mantel, Wood Floors, Landscaped Yard Asks $2.2 Million

A Dutch door leads from the updated kitchen to a yard with a bluestone patio.

Photo via Brown Harris Stevens

by Susan De Vries

05/11/2026 0

This neo-Federal house shares picturesque exterior details with its neighbors in the Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District. The Slee & Bryson-designed dwelling has the dormers, shutters, and other exterior details to be found across the compact district. At 2119 Albemarle Terrace, the single-family also boasts interior period charm, as well as an updated kitchen and landscaped rear yard with a bluestone patio and lush plantings.

Between 1916 and 1917, notable architects Slee & Bryson created this charming enclave developed by Midwood Associates for property owner Mabel Bull. The architects, who Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen described as one of the most important in early 20th century Brooklyn, designed row houses filling two cul-de-sac streets, as well as more substantial houses at each corner. Advertisements of the period pitched the properties as “a unique idea in one-family houses” available for $9,250. All houses in the development were included in the Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District designated in 1978.

Other houses in the historic district pop up on the market occasionally as do other dwellings by the prolific Slee & Bryson. This 17.5 foot dwelling is still set up as a single-family with the living room, dining room, and kitchen on the main level, and two floors of bedroom space above. The basement isn’t shown in the listing photos, but it includes laundry and a rec room.

Walls and trim are mostly neutral throughout, with one bold exception, and the original wood floors stretch through many rooms. In the living room those wood floors have the herringbone pattern seen in other houses in the district. The room also has a brick fireplace and pilasters framing a bay window, the doorway to the dining room, and that fireplace.

The dining room features a bright shot of red while trim remains white. Windows provide views to the rear yard. There is access to the kitchen in the rear extension.

That kitchen has a black and white scheme with a checkerboard tile floor and white subway tile on the walls with black and white accent tiles. There are also black and white cabinets in both the kitchen and adjoining pantry. A Dutch door leads to the rear patio.

On the second floor are two bedrooms, two full baths, and what was likely the original sleeping porch. It is accessed via the rear bedroom and has been renovated to include one of those full baths.

On the top floor are two more bedrooms, one with a skylight. They share another full bath with a black and white scheme, including another checkerboard tile floor, and a vintage sink on an updated vanity.

Lee Solomon of Brown Harris Stevens has the listing and the house is on the market for $2.2 million. What do you think?

[Listing: 2119 Albemarle Terrace | Broker: Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP